Stellarwind Bio Energy, LLC, a producer of fuel oil from algae, announced the opening of its new small scale pilot production facility and corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The company said it is rapidly moving into the next phase of its business development plan with a 1/10th acre greenhouse, expanded office space and an R & D facility. The company intends to refine its production techniques, develop it
manufacturing process and continue to expand its human resources.
Stellarwind Bio Energy said its proprietary technology will allow the company to grow algae at a very
affordable cost per liter through high scalability, simple construction and easy
maintenance.
Keith Masavage, EVP of Marketing and Business Development, said
“Our holistic approach uses four basic components; our PhycoGenic
ReactorTM, PhycoProcessorTM, RecyCO2TronTM, and Resource Recovery
SystemTM (RRSTM). First, carbon-dioxide is acquired from any major
greenhouse-gas producer such as power plants or manufacturing
facilities using our RecyCO2TronTM. This CO2 is fed into the PhycoGenic
ReactorTM which continuously grows and harvests the algae.
The harvested algae are fed into the PhycoProcessorTM which extracts
the oils. Residual bio-mass is fed into our RSSTM process which can
convert it into one of several valuable resources including methane,
industrial grade charcoal, fertilizer and/or synthesis gas. Our goal is
to produce a continuously renewable energy source that is ecologically
friendly, uses everything, and wastes nothing.”
Unlike corn which produces between 150-330 gallons of ethanol per acre per year, or soy that produces between 70-100 gallons of bio-diesel per acre per year, researchers believe algae can produce in excess of 10,000 gallons of fuel oil per acre annually.
“For years, science has known that algae are a far better producer of fuel oils than other biological sources. The problem has been to cost-effectively build a bioreactor that can inexpensively grow, harvest and process commercially viable quantities of fuel oil from algae. We are committed to deploying such a system," Will Kassebaum, President and CEO of Stellarwind, said.
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